Programme
The big picture
• Globalisation – of research and publishing
• Access models – the implications of repositories and different systems
• The influence of non-traditional publishers – removing the middleman?
• Data and journals – pressure to include and exclude
• Technology, innovation and new services – who is pushing whom? Partnerships and collaboration
• Contracts, implications, advantages and disadvantages
Building on strengths and weaknesses
• How to identify and resolve weaknesses before they become problematic
Journal development strategies
• List management and title management
• New titles – acquiring and launching
• Closing and selling journals
Using development to build strategic success
• Objectives and plans
• Identifying and bidding for new journals

This course will commence at 09:30 (registration, with tea/coffee, from 09:00) and end at approximately 17:00

Learning Objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
Propose longer-term strategies for developing their organisation’s journals – including plans and proposals to develop existing titles and for acquisitions and new launches.

Who should attend:
This course is aimed at delegates who have experience of managing and developing journals and are looking for a more senior course that will examine wider strategic decisions. Delegates will ideally have already taken the ALPSP Journal Development 1 course, although this is not essential.